Fire Department Wellness Pilot | Neurovus
Anonymous department recovery trend charts on a fire station monitor
For fire chiefs and department leaders

See your department's readiness.
Never an individual's data.

Neurovus gives command anonymous, department level trends in stress load and recovery, the same way you already track physical injury and fitness. Your members get a private recovery tool on their own wearable. You get the picture you have never had, with no one under a microscope.

Voluntary. Non diagnostic. Built to hold up to labor scrutiny.

46%
fewer disability days from a firefighter
sleep health program in a randomized trial
See the full Recovery Model for sources
37%
of firefighters screened positive
for a sleep problem. Over 80% never knew
Barger et al., J Clin Sleep Med, n≈7,000

The Short Answer

What is Neurovus for fire departments?

Neurovus is a recovery intelligence platform for fire departments. Firefighters connect their own wearable, and Neurovus tracks how their recovery trends against their personal baseline. Each member sees their own data privately. Department leadership sees only anonymous, aggregate trends in stress load and recovery across the department.

Neurovus is a general wellness platform. It does not diagnose, it does not notify command about anyone, and its data is never used for fitness for duty, discipline, or assignment decisions.

  • Who it serves
    Fire and EMS departments, peer support teams, and union leadership
  • What command gets
    Anonymous department trends in stress load and recovery
  • What members get
    A private 14 day recovery trajectory against their own baseline
  • Pilot timing
    Cohort launching Q1 2027. Department spots are limited

The Readiness Gap

You track every physical injury.
Stress load goes untracked until it costs you.

Most departments rely on an Employee Assistance Program that activates only when someone self reports. By then the strain has been building for weeks, and it is already showing up as sick leave, injuries, and people leaving the job.

Your members are tactical athletes. Pro teams watch load and manage recovery before an injury happens. The fire service already does this for the body. It has never done it for the strain that builds call after call.

The research says the two are linked. Stress tracks with physical injury, and recovery programs pay for themselves. Every finding below is labeled by strength, including what the research has not shown yet.

The gap is not a resource problem. It is a timing problem. Neurovus moves the first signal earlier, while recovery still works.

Read the full Recovery Model, 50+ sources →
01 · Stress and injury travel together
In 2,339 firefighters, job stress and PTSD each tracked with a 34% higher probability of musculoskeletal symptoms. The IOC says mental health symptoms raise physical injury risk and slow recovery.
Moderate, association not cause
02 · Recovery programs pay
A firefighter sleep health program cut disability days 46% in a randomized trial. The Army's embedded performance teams, which include mental readiness staff, return an estimated $8.15 per $1.
Moderate to strong
03 · The load is heavy
Near maximal cardiac strain, chronic sleep disruption, and repeated trauma exposure, with no off season. Heart attacks caused 45 of 83 US firefighter deaths in 2025 (NFPA).
Strong
04 · Burnout is widespread
59% of first responders report burnout symptoms (NY State Survey, 2025, n=6,000+).
Strong

The Privacy Model

Your members' data belongs to your members.
That protects you too.

Raw wearable readings stay inside Neurovus systems. They never reach the department, command, or our AI provider. The AI receives only a pattern summary with no name or identifier attached. The department sees anonymous aggregate trends, never an individual.

Adoption in the fire service comes down to trust. If your members think command can see their data, they will not use it, and the program fails before it starts.

So the privacy is not a policy we promise to follow. It is the architecture. Individual data never reaches the department, so it never becomes a department record, and no one in command is ever put in the position of knowing something about one member that they then have to act on.

Your members are told the exact same thing on their side of the site, word for word. There is one privacy model, and both sides of the table read it.

  • No individual data to command
    Leadership sees anonymous aggregates only. No names, no individual readings, no individual trends.
  • No one is notified
    NAVI reflects drift back to the member only. No flag goes to command. No report lands on a chief's desk. If a member wants to talk to someone, they choose who and they start it.
  • No diagnosis, no labels
    Neurovus observes drift in autonomic and recovery patterns according to the Gumá Method. No clinical risk scores. No diagnostic labels.
  • Never used against anyone
    Encrypted in transit and at rest. Never used for fitness for duty, discipline, or assignment, and that is written into every department agreement. Members can delete all of their data at any time.

What the Department Sees

Department visibility.
Without surveillance.

Leadership gets what it has never had: a read on how load and recovery are moving across the department, so you can plan staffing, schedules, and support with real information instead of a guess.

What you see

  • ✓Department recovery trends across your participating members, anonymous and in aggregate
  • ✓Seasonal load patterns, such as how recovery moves through storm season or a run of heavy call volume
  • ✓Shift related recovery deficits that point to schedule or staffing pressure
  • ✓Participation levels, so you know whether the program is being used

What you never see

  • ✕Any individual's name, readings, or trends
  • ✕Who is drifting or who is struggling
  • ✕What a member says to NAVI in a check in
  • ✕Who reached out to a peer or a professional, or when

Pilot Design

How a Neurovus pilot works.
Built with you, not handed to you.

The departments that join now are not test subjects. They are co designers of a platform that will carry their name on it. The pilot cohort launches Q1 2027, and department spots are limited.

01

Pilot call

Thirty minutes with Gary Roberts, Founder and CEO and an active duty firefighter. We cover your department, your goals, and whether the fit is right.

02

Design it together

We set the scope with you: which stations or shifts take part, and how long the pilot runs. We bring your union and peer support team to the table from day one.

03

Voluntary enrollment

Members choose to join on their own and connect a wearable they already use. Nobody is required to participate, and command never sees who did.

04

Review the trends

You receive anonymous, aggregate recovery trends and we review them with you. Your feedback shapes what the platform becomes.

What we ask of the department

  • One point of contact for the pilot
  • Help introducing Neurovus to your members, your union, and your peer support team
  • Honest feedback on what works and what does not

What the department gets

  • Anonymous, department level readiness trends you have never had before
  • A private recovery tool your members can start free
  • A direct voice in how the platform is built for the fire service

For Union Leadership

Built to protect your members.
Not to watch them.

Any tool that touches member data should face hard questions from labor. Neurovus was designed to answer them before they are asked.

We want union leadership involved from the first conversation, and we are glad to walk your executive board through the privacy model in detail.

  • 01
    Voluntary participation
    No member is required to join, and command never sees who did.
  • 02
    No individual data to command
    The department sees anonymous aggregates only. Never a name, never a reading.
  • 03
    No employment use
    Never used for fitness for duty, discipline, or assignment decisions. Written into every department agreement.
  • 04
    The member decides
    The platform cannot notify anyone on a member's behalf. Every next step belongs to the member.

Where the Pilot Stands

Early, and moving.
Here is where we are.

  • Beta
    75+ first responders using Neurovus
  • Departments
    1 department on board, 5 more in conversation
  • Research
    Discussions with 5+ universities
  • Next cohort
    Launching Q1 2027, department spots limited

"We have reviewed the concept behind the Neurovus platform, including its emphasis on voluntary participation, non-diagnostic engagement, wearable-informed early awareness, and aggregate, non-identifying department reporting. These design principles align with our priorities and with the privacy and labor considerations essential to firefighter adaptation."

Chief Holte, Fire Chief, Springdale Fire Department, City of Springdale, Arkansas
How Neurovus compares to an EAP
Comparison of Employee Assistance Programs and general wellness platforms with Neurovus
EAPs / General Wellness Platforms Neurovus
Activation pointCrisis, after someone self reportsDrift in recovery patterns, before anyone reports it
Command visibilityIndividual data may be visible to HR or commandAnonymous aggregates only. No individual data ever reaches the department.
Who gets notifiedAutomated alerts to supervisors or HRNobody. The member decides if and who to contact.
Clinical labelingDiagnosis based, creates career riskPattern based, no labels, no flags, no diagnoses
MeasurementPoint in time assessments14 day rolling trajectory against each member's own baseline
Culture fitBuilt for a general workforce, adapted laterBuilt for first responder culture from day one

Who Stands Behind It

Built by the fire service.
Governed by people who have run regulated systems.

Gary Roberts, Founder and CEO of Neurovus
Gary Roberts
Founder & CEO
Active duty firefighter and trauma recovery advocate
Krisn Ramcharitar, Chief Technology Officer
Krisn Ramcharitar
Chief Technology Officer
15+ years building secure, HIPAA compliant cloud platforms
Marie Gumá, Clinical Lead
Marie Gumá, MS, NCIT
Clinical Lead
Creator of the Gumá Method™, a decade embedded with first responders
Dr. Richard Popwell, Medical Director
Dr. Richard Popwell, MD
Medical Director
Board certified neurologist, US Air Force veteran
Don Cox, AI governance and healthcare compliance advisor
Don Cox
AI Governance & Compliance
Former CIO of SAMHSA, a $4B federal agency
Stephen Balaban, public safety adoption advisor
Stephen Balaban, CLEE
Public Safety Adoption
Agency trust, pilot strategy, and government markets
Meet the full team →

Questions Chiefs Ask

Frequently asked questions.
Straight answers.

Can the department see an individual firefighter's data?

No. Raw wearable readings stay inside Neurovus systems and never reach the department or command. Leadership sees only anonymous, aggregate trends across participating members. There is no screen where command can look up one member.

Can Neurovus data be used for fitness for duty, discipline, or assignment?

No. Neurovus data is never used for fitness for duty, discipline, or assignment decisions. Individual data never reaches the department, so it cannot be used that way.

Who gets notified if a member's recovery starts to drift?

Only the member. NAVI, the Neurovus AI, reflects the pattern back to that person. Neurovus does not notify command, HR, or anyone else. If the member wants to talk to a peer or a professional, they choose who and they start the conversation.

Is participation mandatory?

No. Participation is voluntary. Members choose to join on their own, and the department does not see who joined.

Is Neurovus a medical device or a mental health service?

No. Neurovus is a general wellness platform. It does not diagnose, treat, or monitor for crisis, and it is not an emergency service. It complements your peer support team and EAP by giving members earlier awareness of their own recovery patterns.

What does the AI see?

Our AI provider never receives raw wearable readings. It receives only a pattern summary with no name or identifier attached. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest.

What does a department pilot involve?

A pilot starts with a 30 minute call. We then design the scope with you, including which stations or shifts take part and how long it runs. Members enroll voluntarily, and the department receives anonymous trends that we review together. We ask for one point of contact and help introducing Neurovus to your members, union, and peer support team.

Do members need a specific wearable?

Members connect a supported wearable they already use, with more wearable integrations in development. We confirm current compatibility for your department on the pilot call.

Should our union be involved?

Yes. We recommend bringing union leadership in from the first conversation, and we are glad to walk your executive board through the privacy model in detail.

When does the next pilot cohort start?

The next department pilot cohort launches in Q1 2027, and department spots are limited. Book a pilot call to hold a place.

Start the Conversation

Thirty minutes.
One firefighter to another.

The Q1 2027 pilot cohort is being shaped right now, by the departments that join it. This is not a vendor demo. It is a working relationship with a platform that will carry your department's name on it.

Book a pilot call

Pick a time with Gary Roberts, Founder and CEO of Neurovus and an active duty firefighter. You will leave knowing exactly what your department would see, what it would never see, and whether a pilot fits.

Book a Pilot Call →

Prefer to start in writing? Send a department inquiry and we will follow up directly, usually within a few business days.

On the line instead of in command? Start here.

Department Partnership Inquiry

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Submitting this form sends your department's information to the Neurovus team for pilot review. It does not enroll your department automatically. Individual first responders can get the app separately at /download.

Received.

Thanks for reaching out on behalf of your department. A member of the Neurovus team will follow up directly, usually within a few business days, to talk through fit and next steps.

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Neurovus is a general wellness platform. It is not a medical or emergency service and does not diagnose, treat, or monitor for crisis.

In crisis? Call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. In an emergency, call 911.

Gary Roberts

Helping first responders build recovery into readiness | 20 Years, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue | Founder & CEO, Neurovus | Built NAVI to track each firefighter’s drift from their own baseline

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